Today, 17 August 2013

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    Lock icon Egypt reels from new bout of violence
    817 1 Embattled Brotherhood supporters take to Cairo streets defy military’s show of strength ‘DAY OF RAGE’ IN CAIRO AGENCIES CAIRO —Facing police officers authorised to use lethal force if threatened, thousands of followers of the embattled Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets of the
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      44 1 AS A CHILD, IRENE LEE WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST AND A SCIENTIST. NOW, SHE BRINGS SUN-SHAPED SOLAR-POWERED LAMPSTO THE POORSATURDAY PEOPLE 10 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp HOT NEWS 9 Bodybuilding federation stripped of NSA status
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    Lock icon Exports decline slows, signalling better outlook
    638 1  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Demand for made-in-Sin-gapore products continued its slide last month, albeit at a slower pace than expected, with sustained weakness in the electronics segment offsetting an increase in non-electronics products. But some indicators signal a gradual recovery in demand, suggesting
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    EGYPT NEEDS TO FIND SOLUTION: PM LEE
    113 2 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong posted on his Facebook page yesterday: “I am deeply saddened by the recent violence and deaths in Egypt. I send my condolences to the victims and their families. Further violence is senseless and serves no purpose. Egypt needs
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon His options few, Obama rebukes Egypt’s leaders
      579 2 US President cancels joint military exercises, White House sceptical military will give democracy fresh chance ‘COOPERATION CANNOT CONTINUE AS USUAL’ THE NEW YORK TIMES CHILMARK (MASSACHUSETTS) President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that the United States had cancelled long-standing joint military exercises with
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      Banker’s murder: Taxi driver charged with possessing pistol
      554 4 HE ALLEGEDLY FERRIED SHOOTER ON DAY OF KILLING KUA L A LUM PU R A taxi driver was charged yesterday at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with illegal possession of a pistol, a magazine and four bullets, more than two weeks after
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      Lock icon S’POREAN IN SURAU CASE OUT ON BAIL
      127 4 AGENCIES The Singaporean owner of a resort near Kota Tinggi, Johor, who was being investigated for “defiling a place of worship with intent to insult Islam” was released on police bail yesterday. Syed Ahmad Alkaff, 45, had been remanded since Tuesday to facilitate
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      Lock icon Recent shootings the price of freedom, says Dr M
      134 4 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR —Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has said the recent spate of shootings in the country is the price of freedom. “Every day someone is getting shot, but that is the price to pay
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      Lock icon Schools making small strides in shifting focus from academics
      1172 6  -  Reducing an over-emphasis on academic results in the education system and making public housing more affordable were among the topics raised by Singaporeans who participated in the Our Singapore Conservation project over the past year. At the National Day Rally tomorrow,
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      Lock icon Balancing affordability, aspirations for public housing
      688 6  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN, XUE JIANYUE sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The affordability of public housing here is not a clear-cut issue not when policymakers are also grappling with the expectations of aspiring flat owners. A recent survey conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies as part of the
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      Lock icon Parents should not overemphasise academic results: LKY
      439 8  -  Former Minister Mentor also announces plans for new pre-school in Tanjong Pagar ‘DEVELOP BILINGUALISM FROM EARLY AGE’ NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Parents should not place too much emphasis on their children’s academic results, former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday, as
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      S’pore Sports Council strips bodybuilding federation of NSA status
      551 9  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The scandal-ridden Singapore Bodybuilding Federation (SBBF) has suffered the ignominy of becoming the first national sports association (NSA) to have its NSA status revoked by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC). In a media release yesterday, the
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      Lock icon From UK to Brazil
      80 9 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is in Singapore on a private visit, passed an Olympic baton to Mr Luis Fernando de Andrade Serra, the Brazilian Ambassador to Singapore, at the British High Commission yesterday. The symbolic gesture marks the first anniversary of the end
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      7 7 COMMENT &ANALYSIS WHITHER OUR3M HEALTHCARE SYSTEM? 17
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  • saturday people
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      Lock icon WHEN ART MEETS SCIENCE
      1631 10  -  the result is ‘little suns’ solar-powered lamps that light up lives of the world’s poor, thanks in part to Singaporean Irene Lee THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg A pencil and an eraser unlikely tools for a jetsetting entrepreneur, but Dr Irene Lee counts
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  • voices
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      Elevating the level of debate
      592 16 Can citizens take the Our Singapore Conversa tion to the next level and participate in policy-making to a grea ter degree? Here are excerpts from the debate on the extended segment of Thursday’s VoicesTODAY Jean Lee: Right now, there are too many views on what
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      Pri 1 registration phases should be based on distance
      121 16  -  FROM ARTHUR PHUA Instead of having different phases for different interest groups in the Primary 1 registration process, which puts a squeeze on the places left for students living nearby, the Ministry of Education should base the phases on distance. We
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      Lock icon Whither our 3M healthcare system?
      1377 17  -  FROM OUR S’PORE CONVERSATION TO GOVERNMENT ACTION COMMENTARY BY PHUA KAI HONG PHUA KAI HONG Dr Phua Kai Hong teaches health and social policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He has consulted for many governments and international
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      14 16 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Boys’ Town opens centre to help more youths
      462 18  -  FACILITY INCLUDES HOSTEL, DORMITORY, SHELTER ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —He had graduated from the Boys’ Town programme for over a year and was living in another youth hostel when it closed, leaving him without a roof over his head. But timing was
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      Expect more bad weather this month
      231 18 SINGAPORE Squalls off the Indonesian island of Sumatra led to wetter-than-usual weather earlier this month. The adidas King of the Road run and the 8km race segment of the Kranji Countryside Run were cancelled last Sunday due to bad weather. According to the National
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      Lock icon Public service the ‘best platform’ to make a difference
      600 19  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While growing up in Papua New Guinea, Joshua Ebenezer Jesudason experienced firsthand the significance of life in public service. His Singaporean parents were then working in the rural areas, teaching literacy skills such as reading and writing
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      More non-emergency calls, but fire incidents at 15-year low
      299 20  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The number of non-emer-gency calls to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) rose by 28.1 per cent to 1,433 in the first six months of this year, after falling significantly last year. The number of emergency
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      2 appeals against vice ring case judgments in High Court
      312 20  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE Two separate appeals against the sentencing approach of the lower courts the first to be filed in relation to an online vice ring scandal that emerged last year went before the High Court yesterday. Mr Harpreet Singh
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  • world
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono worried about growing religious intolerance
      358 21 CORRUPTION SCANDAL OVER ENERGY REGULATOR WIDENS AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was concerned about growing religious intolerance which many analysts say his administration has failed to contain in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population. The country recently saw
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      Lock icon Indonesia plans stimulus package ahead of elections
      188 21 AGENCIES JAK ARTA Indonesia will prepare a stimulus package to encourage companies to avoid lay-offs and to keep South-east Asia’s biggest economy attractive to investors, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday. His 2014 budget speech to Parliament revealed plans to boost growth amid
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      Lock icon Easy credit dries up, choking growth in China
      901 22 Rising defaults on loans made outside conventional banking system as the economy slows ‘CRISIS JUST LIKE THE U.S. HAD’ THE NEW YORK TIMES SHENMU (CHINA) As the Chinese economy boomed, few cities soared faster or higher than Shenmu, a community of nearly
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      Lock icon India submarine explosions: 4 bodies found, 14 likely dead
      315 22 AGENCIES NEW DELHI The Indian Navy said yesterday that divers had found four severely burned bodies of sailors who were on board a submarine badly damaged by a fire and explosions, and that it was unlikely any of the 14 missing
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      Lock icon Amid tribute to king of pop, an echo of Tiananmen Square
      673 23 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —The image flashed for only a few seconds on an enormous video screen, but it was enough to catch the attention of some concertgoers in the Chinese capital. Then began days of head-scratch-ing and
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      Lock icon Trouble in the bedroom? Shhh …
      641 23 Trouble in the bedroom? Shhh When it comes to treating premature ejaculation, optfor an open approach Dr Chong. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM When men get together, it is not unusual to hear them bragging about their sexual prowess. However, the same cannot be said when it comes
      Dr Chong. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM; PHOTO: THINKSTOCK  -  641 words
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  • business
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree revives growth plans for Europe and Americas
      410 24 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE —Banyan Tree Holdings, a Singapore-based operator of luxury spas and resorts, is seeking to expand its presence in Europe and the Americas following signs that the economies in these markets are recovering. The company is reviving projects in Spain,
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      Lock icon Asian markets in white-knuckle ride
      549 24 Chinese shares go on wild ride as yuan climbs for fourth straight day to new record VOLATILE TRADING AGENCIES TOKYO —Asian markets rode a rollercoaster yesterday, with Chinese stocks swinging wildly because of a trading error at a major brokerage, the yuan climbing to an
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      Lock icon HK economy gains speed on consumer spending
      212 24 AGENCIES HONG KONG Economic growth in Hong Kong picked up steam in the second quarter as local spending in the trade-reliant Asian financial centre more than offset weak global demand. Gross domestic product in the April-June period grew 3.3 per cent from the
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      127 25 I Download the 8 DAYS Eat app now! HI It’s FREE! 8 DAYS Eat Singapore’s first food app social space with professional user reviews, food news and celeb faves! Available on the AppStore ANDROID APP ON > p* Google play Join us at the 8 DAYS Eat roadshow! date: Aug
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  • sports
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      Lock icon PARALYMPIAN WINS SILVER AT WORLD SWIMMING C’SHIPS
      396 26  -  Singapore’s Yip clinches medal in women’s 50m backstroke MAKING WAVES OVERSEAS ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg MONTREAL Singapore national paralympic swimmer Yip Pin Xiu is creating waves again, this time at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Swimming Championships in Montreal after clinching a silver
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      NO NAMING RIGHTS DEAL YET, SAYS SPORTS HUB
      446 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An American publication has reported that OCBC Bank is working with the Singapore Sports Hub on a deal to buy the naming rights to three venues in the complex. The SportsBusiness Journal a weekly publication with bureaus
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      Lock icon OPENING DAY BLUES FOR RED DEVILS?
      946 27  -  As the English Premier League makes a long-awaited return tonight, TODAY’s EPL analyst Adrian Clarke (sports@mediacorp.com. sg) zooms in on Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool’s opening matches, and reckons that David Moyes may not be smiling by the end of the week. Adrian Clarke
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      Lock icon TERENGGANU RENEW INTEREST IN SUNDRAM
      418 28  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE —V Sundramoorthy, are you available? If yes, we would like to talk to you. That is the message the Terengganu Football Association (TFA) have delivered to the LionsXII head coach on the possibility of hiring the Singaporean for the Malaysian Super
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      Lock icon SUAREZ REJOINS TRAINING WITH REDS TEAM-MATES
      568 28 STRIKER, MANAGER MEET FOR TALKS AGENCIES LONDON —Luis Suarez returned from the cold at Liverpool yesterday when he trained with the senior squad for the first time since accusing the club and manager Brendan Rodgers of breaking promises over his future. Suarez met Rodgers
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      GO FOR ATTACKING FULL-BACKS FOR AN EDGE
      642 29  -  In today’s instalment of our series on how to thrive in the TODAY Fantasy League, Hiranand Sunny Naresh (hiranandsn@mediacorp.com.sg) alerts first-time managers to theEPL full-backs they should sign or avoid. Hiranand Sunny Naresh SINGAPORE —It is a common strategy for fantasy league managers
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      Lock icon REAL’S 1ST ASIAN ACADEMY OPENS HERE SEPT 7
      500 30  -  IN IT ‘FOR THE LONG HAUL’ TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Following the success of their first CampusExperience here, Real Madrid will soon open their football academy in Singapore. The Realmadrid Foundation Technical Academy Singapore is expected to
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  • T TODAY
    • cars
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        THE HIGH END HITS THE SKIDS
        608 32  -  WHY HAS THE HIGH END MARKET GONE FROM BOOM TO BUST? LEOW JU-LEN features@mediacorp.com.sg Apart from building cars for the mega-wealthy, what do Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, McLaren and Rolls-Royce have in common? They all failed to register a single new car in Singapore
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